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Antarctic Treaty Environmental Protection Protocol: Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on Environmental Protection

Type

Regional Treaty, Agreement or Convention (other)

Themes

international peace and conflict prevention
environment and biodiversity
science and research

Year in force

1998

Regional relevance

Southern Ocean (Antarctic Ocean)

Summary

The Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on Environmental Protection is one of the many agreements that form part of the Antarctic Treaty System. Agreed in Madrid in 1991 and entering into force in 1998, it etablished Antarctica as a natural reserve to be used for peaceful, non-extractive purposes only, and for scientific research. It supersedes an earlier agreement focused on conservation of natural resources, the Flora and Fauna Agreement.

Secretariat

Antarctic Treaty Secretariat

Antarctic Treaty Secretariat

Address: Maipú 757 Piso 4, C1006ACI - Buenos Aires

Phone: + 54 11 4320 4250

Email: ats@ats.aq

Website: https://www.ats.aq/

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